Experience

Washington DC ArchAngels

• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • 2020 - Present

  Washington, DC Evaluated scores of early-stage companies for investment potential in industry segments such as smart cities, drone applications, urban agriculture, artificial intelligence, fire prevention, healthcare, education, metaverse environments, and elder care. Provided peer review teams with investment readiness analysis and feedback.



Enhanced Digital Solutions (Consulting Consortium)

• Managing Consultant

  • 2014 - Present

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Guided business planning, product development, marketing and competitive analysis activities for EdTech client companies. Recruited and onboarded subject matter experts, instructional designers, programmers and instructors to staff corporate and government training projects. Improved client product development approaches with Agile and Scrum methodologies.



Castle Point Learning Systems

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Marketing and Business Development, COO

  • 2015 - 2018

  New York City Metropolitan Area Transformed academic eLearning initiative based on research funded by the National Science Foundation into a functioning business. DIrected the launch of the company's first product: the Gradarius Stepwise Calculus Learning Platform, a cloud-based SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) offering that provides detailed step-by-step feedback and guidance to students by leveraging innovative artificial intelligence algorithms.



Gilfus Education Group

• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Partner / Principal Consultant

  • 2008 - 2014

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Lead consultant responsible for delivering projects focused on innovation, efficiency, increasing revenues and reducing costs. Generated over 60% of annual revenues for the Gilfus Education Group, a boutique education consulting firm that served U.S. and international clients such as universities, colleges, K-12 schools, government agencies, trade associations, corporate training organizations, academic publishers, technology companies and venture capitalists.



Blackboard

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President / Senior Director, Business Development - Strategic Partnerships

  • 2005 - 2008

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Led team responsible for managing and growing 40 strategic partnerships and 60 specialized partnerships for the leading LMS (Learning Management System) provider to drive instructional innovation and revenue growth. Partners included large technology companies, leading academic publishers and innovative early-stage companies.



SAIC

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Capture Consultant

  • 2005 - 2005

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Supported proposal writing, project planning and requirements development for online education and training programs in Federal Government Agencies.



Sylvan Learning / eSylvan

• Vice President of Marketing

  • 2002 - 2004

  Baltimore, Maryland Area Established marketing group to promote eSylvan, a new online education and tutoring service for K-12 students. Launched new websites, online marketing programs, social media and public relations campaigns, and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques.



Capital One

• Egypt
• Leasing Non-residential Real Estate

• Director of Internet Commerce

  • 1999 - 2002

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Developed, launched and marketed innovative eCommerce ventures such as Visa Buxx, a stored-value card for teen students, and LoanMobile, an auto loan website for consumers with subprime credit scores



USF&G / The St. Paul Companies (acquired by Travelers)

• Associate Vice President of Multimedia Commerce

  • 1996 - 1999

  Baltimore, Maryland Area Devised corporate eCommerce strategy. Introduced online insurance sales and improved policyholder services through a group of transactional websites for consumers, businesses and independent agents.



MCI-News Corp Internet Services

• Senior Business Development Manager / Product Manager of Multimedia Services

  • 1991 - 1996

  New York City Metropolitan Area Transitioned from corporate strategy planning to product management and business development for new Internet businesses such as YourMoney.com Personal Finance Community, marketplaceMCI Online Shopping, and the first websites for Macy's and Brooks Brothers.



MCI Telecommunications / MCI-News Corp. Internet Services (acquired by Verizon)

• Senior Business Development Manager / Product Manager of Multimedia Services

  • 1991 - 1996

  Washington D.C. Metro Area Transitioned from corporate strategy planning to product management and business development for new Internet businesses such as YourMoney.com Personal Finance Community, marketplaceMCI Online Shopping, and the first websites for Macy's and Brooks Brothers.



Xerox

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing Research Analyst

  • 1990 - 1990

  Rochester, New York Area Met with large corporate customers throughout the U.S. and Europe to determine how future large-format digital copiers could improve data and information workflows.



AT&T Bell Laboratories

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member Of Technical Staff

  • 1982 - 1989

  New York City Metropolitan Area Developed software in languages such as PL/I, C and C++ for DOSS, a large distributed database operations support system, various multimedia information services and entertainment apps using ISDN, and a futuristic interactive television service.